Barbora and Michal Chalup with their four-year-old son Matěj and his friend Dominik became the millionth visitors to the Prague Zoo in 2024. Photo by Oliver Le Que, Prague Zoo
This year’s millionth visitor came to the Prague Zoo today at 10.02 – more precisely, a married couple with two children. The Chalup family from Prague entered the zoo grounds through its newest entrance on Sklenářka near the Dja Reserve. For their unique ranking, they received a voucher for an experience program at the mountain bongs and special gifts, while both children were most happy with a stuffed tapir and an orangutan. Prague Zoo welcomed its millionth visitor on the same day as in the last pre-Covid year of 2019.
“We go to the Prague Zoo several times a year, if we can, even three times. We usually look forward to the meerkats, penguins and giraffes the most, but today we can’t wait especially for the baby gorillas,” revealed the jubilee visitors. “But we have to say that we like to come back here not only for the animals, but also for the food. So we are also looking forward to a good lunch today,” both spouses agreed.
The Prague Zoo is enjoying excellent attendance this year, especially thanks to rare and attractive additions – baby gorillas, orangutans, giraffes, wombats and sloths. Another attraction is the Mongolian Gobi exhibition, which opened this year, or newly bred species such as attractive fos animals. The Prague Zoo is a frequent excursion destination in the summer despite the hot days, during which it cools its visitors and animals with tons of ice cubes, numerous snails or ice cream.